Winning photos from NatGeo Traveler

For their 24th annual photo contest, National Geographic Traveler magazine received more than 12,000 entries
from 6,615 talented photographers in 152 countries around the globe.Taken in
locations ranging from Afghanistan to Vietnam, the winning pictures
show everything from peaceful landscapes to unexpected moments.

Merit Winner: Taken at Cloud Break at an outer reef in Fiji, a surfer duck dives his board to clear the rolling waves of the raw ocean. (Photo and caption by Lucia Griggi/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

Merit Winner: Taken at Cloud Break at an outer reef in Fiji, a surfer duck dives his board to clear the rolling waves of the raw ocean. (Photo and caption by Lucia Griggi/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)